Privacy
- Prism Break Opt out of global data surveillance programs like PRISM, XKeyscore, and Tempora.
- /r/privacy The intersection of technology, privacy, and freedom in a digital world.
- Any Soft Keyboard A privacy-focused keyboard
Windows 10 Privacy
- O&O ShutUp10 O&O ShutUp10 means you have full control over which comfort functions under Windows 10 you wish to use, and you decide when the passing on of your data goes too far.
- Windows 10 Privacy Guide an In-depth guide on purging Windows 10 of Microsoft's attempts to track you
- Windows Privacy Tweaker Freeware app from phrozen.io
- Winaero Free, small and useful software for Windows.
- WPD The real privacy dashboard for Windows
- Destroy-Windows-10-Spying Destroy Windows Spying tool
- Tron Tron, an automated PC cleanup script
- Tallow Tallow is a transparent Tor firewall and proxying solution for Windows.
Email
Decentralised Networks
- Tor Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis.
- I2P I2P is an anonymous overlay network - a network within a network. It is intended to protect communication from dragnet surveillance and monitoring by third parties such as ISPs.
- Freenet Freenet is free software which lets you anonymously share files, browse and publish "freesites" (web sites accessible only through Freenet) and chat on forums, without fear of censorship.
- Zeronet Open, free and uncensorable websites, using Bitcoin cryptography and BitTorrent network
- Loki Lokinet is an anonymous, decentralized and IP based overlay network for the internet.
- IPFS A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol designed to make the web faster, safer, and more open.
- Yggdrasil Makes use of a global spanning tree to form a scalable IPv6 encrypted mesh network.
Operating Systems
- Qubes OS Qubes OS is a security-oriented operating system
- Tails Tails is a live operating system that you can start on almost any computer from a USB stick or a DVD.
Domain Names
- Njalla a privacy-aware domain registration service
- xip.io magic domain name that provides wildcard DNS
for any IP address.
- Domainr Domainr finds domain names and short URLs. Instantly check availability and register for all top-level domains.
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Browsers
- ungoogled-chromium - Google Chromium, sans integration with Google.
- chromium-web-store - Allows adding extensions from chrome web store on ungoogled-chromium.
- Bromite - A Chromium fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements.
- Librefox - Firefox with privacy enhancements.
Privacy Extensions
- ⭐ Privacy Badger or Privacy Possum - Blocks invisible trackers
- ⭐ ClearURLs , 2 or Link Sanitizer - Removes tracking elements from URLs
- ⭐ LocalCDN , WhatCampaign, TrackMeNot or Decentraleyes - Tracking Protection
- Trace - Privacy Toolkit
- Site Bleacher - Auto remove cookies, local storages, IndexedDBs, service workers, cache storages, filesystems & webSQLs
- Privacy Redirect - Redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram & Google Maps to alt interfaces
- Invidition - Redirect YouTube / Twitter requests to their alt interfaces
- Invidious Redirect - Redirects all YouTube links to Invidous
- CSS Exfil Protection - Stops CSS data exfiltration attacks
- First Party Isolation - Like blocking Third-party cookies, but more exhaustively
- UglyEmail or PixelBlock - Block Email Trackers
- Chameleon, UA Switcher & Manager or User-Agent Switcher - User-Agent Spoofer
- Firefox Privacy Settings or SnowHaze - Firefox Privacy Settings Manager
- Smart Referer - Limit Referer Information Leaks
- Privacy-Oriented Origin Policy - Prevents Sending Origin Headers
- Opt Out Tools - Prevents JavaScript from sending google info
- Luminous - JavaScript Events Blocker
- Behave! - IP Protection
- WebRTC Control - Enable / Disable WebRTC
- WebRTC Network Limiter - WebRTC Network Traffic Config
- GPSDetect - Alerts user when JPEG contains EXIF GPS coordinates
- Permission Inspector - Extension Permissions Inspector
- History-AutoDelete - Browser History Manager
- eCleaner - Quickly Clear Browser Data
- Nuke-Reddit-History - Reddit Auto Post Delete
- AudioContext Fingerprint Defender - Stop AudioContext fingerprinting
- zero-width - Replaces zero-width characters
- Temporary Containers - Disposable Containers
- Redirect AMP to HTML - Redirects AMP Pages to Regular Web Pages
- HTTPZ, Smart HTTPS or HTTPS Everywhere- HTTPS Encryption
- Open Two Factor Authenticator - Two-Factor Authentication Addon
- Social Book Post Manager - Delete Facebook Posts in Bulk
- IndicateTLS - Display a Sites the TLS Protocol Version
- Lightbeam - Tracker Visualization
Browser Tools
- ⭐ ffprofile , ⭐ ghacks-user.js , pyllyukko - Privacy hardened Firefox profile tool / user.js warning
- ⭐ Tor Browser - Stops tracking & bypasses censorship / Unblock Tor / Security Leak Scan
- ⭐ PrivacySpy - Grades a Sites Privacy Policies
- TrackingTheTrackers - Check if a website is disguising third-party trackers as first-party trackers
- WhoTracksMe - Tracker Statistics / Information
- I2P - Encrypted Private Network Layer / Resource Index
- NothingPrivate, Privacy Test or BrowserAudit - Browser Data Leak Test
- BrowserLeaks, Comparitech, Do I leak? or DNS Leak Test - IP / DNS Leak Tests
- Turn off IPv6 to Prevent Leaks + IPv6 Leak Test
- WhatsMyUA? - User-Agent Detection
- Pribot - Automated Analysis for Privacy Policies
- How Secure is My Password - Password Strength Checker
- Canarytokens - Discover have you’ve been breached
- Vigilante.pw - Search for sites that have been breached
- RS Lookup - Check if your RuneScape data has been breached
- ACCOUNTKILLER or JustDeleteMe, 2 - Find / Terminate Old Accounts
- JustGetMyData - Links to Obtain Your Data from Websites
- Google Takeout - Google Data Request
- de-google, De-google-ify, degoogle or No More Google - Google App Alternatives
- Crx4Chrome - Alt Google App Store
- no-google - Block All Google Services
- Nixory - Antispyware Browser Tool
- What is my Referer or Dark Launch Referer Test - Check link referrer
- whoer or f.vision - Check Network / Browser Security
- browserrecon or AmIUnique / Timeline - Learn how identifiable you are on the Internet.
- dataskydd or Blacklight - Check what data-protecting measures a site has taken
- uBO-Scope - Measure 3rd Party Exposure
- Invidious / 2, FreeTubeApp, Piped or Youtube-local - YouTube frontend / Free / No Account Required / Instances
- Yotter - Youtube / Twitter Frontend
- Bibliogram - Instagram frontend / Open Source
- xeddit, Reeddit, libreddit or teddit, 2 - Reddit Frontends
- Metalune / 2 - Google Translate Frontend
- Forget - Twitter / Mastodon Auto Post Delete
- delete-likes-from-twitter - Delete Twitter Likes / Favorites
- GeoSocial Footprint or tinfoleak - View Your Geosocial Footprint
- Panopticlick - Test if your Browser Blocks Tracking
- GoodbyeDPI - Bypass DPI which blocks access to sites
- Make Internet Noise - Randomize Browser History
- Freenet Project - Browse / Publish Freenet Sites
- Cache Monkey - Convert, Browse & Clear Cached Images & Files
- Image Scrubber - Blur Images / Scrub Metadata
- pdf-redact-tools - Strip Metadata from Documents / PDF Files
- SecLists - Security Mailing List Archive
- OpenPhish - Phishing Threat Data
- Am I FLoCed? - Check if Chrome Ad-Targeting is Enabled
Search Engines
Email
Email Services
Temporary
- Emaildrop - Emaildrop is a free disposable email provider.
- 10 Minute Mail - Disposable, private mailboxes.
- Disposable - Disposable is a robust disposable email (burner emails) - API designed to help you verify whenever email address is coming from disposable service.
- Nada - Fast & free.
- s.MailPro - Offering Temporary Email Service.
- Temp Mail - Keep spam out of your mail and stay safe - just use a disposable temporary email address!
- Tempr eMail - Similar service like Temp Mail, it's from the same provider.
- 🧅 GuerrillaMail
Self Hosted
- docker-mailserver - A fullstack but simple mailserver (smtp, imap, antispam, antivirus, ssl, etc.) - using Docker.
- FastMail - Email, calendars and contacts done right.
- Rainloop - SIMPLE, MODERN & FAST WEB-BASED EMAIL CLIENT.
- Roundcube - MIME support, address book, folder manipulation, message searching and spell checking.
- Simple Login - Email alias/forwarding and identity provider service.
Email Clients
- Mozilla Thunderbird - Well-known open source eMail Client from Mozilla.
- Confidant - Another secure eMail provider, apps are planned.
- ElectronMail - Electron based wrapper for ProtonMail & Tutanota.
- Lavabit - Those guys are back and they are now developing their own mail protocol for secure communication.
- p=p - Pretty Easy Privacy (p=p) - email client encrypts all communications in your email without the need for you to create new accounts.
- Tutanota - Email client with a strong focus on security and privacy that lets you encrypt emails on all your devices.
VPN
Services
:::caution
Avoid using Private Intenet Access. On November 18, 2019, Private Internet Access announced that it would be merged into Kape Technologies.
Quote from their privacy policy (image):
...we may share your personal information with third party service providers that we may engage to improve the Service...
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Self-hosted
- Algo VPN - A set of Ansible scripts that simplify the setup of a personal WireGuard and IPsec VPN.
- Cloudron - A solution that allows anybody to create private clouds instantaneously.
- DSVPN -
Linux
- DSVPN is a dead simple VPN, designed to address the most common use case for using a VPN.
- Mysterium Network - Yet another self-hosted VPN.
- Nebula - A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security.
- ocserv - Cisco AnyConnect-compatible VPN server.
- OpenConnect - Multiplatform VPN compatible with Cisco's AnyConnect. Uses well-tested, standard TLS connections which easily bypass DPI.
- OpenVPN - OpenVPN provides flexible VPN solutions to secure your data communications, whether it's for Internet privacy, remote access for employees, securing IoT, or for networking Cloud data centers.
- Outline by Alphabet - Not a traditional VPN but it might work with Google Cloud, AWS & more.
- PeerVPN - PeerVPN is a software that builds virtual ethernet networks between multiple computers.
- Pritunl - Enterprise Distributed OpenVPN and IPsec Server.
- SoftEther VPN - Cross-platform multi-protocol VPN software.
- Tailscale - Tailscale is a mesh VPN that makes it easy to connect your devices, wherever they are. No more fighting configuration or firewall ports.
- vpn-at-home - 1-click, self-hosted deployment of OpenVPN with DNS ad blocking sinkhole.
- WireGuard VPN - WireGuard is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. It aims to be faster, simpler, leaner, and more useful than IPSec.
Decentralized
- n2n - A Peer-to-peer VPN.
- ZeroTier - Peer-to-peer multi-platform VPN.
- tinc - Peer-to-peer VPN software with mesh routing.
- radvpn - Decentralized VPN.
- Mysterium Network - Claims to be world’s 1st decentralized free VPN which uses OpenVPN & WireGuard.
- TachyonVpn - A Decentralized VPN that is secured by Tachyon Protocol.
VPS Hosting Providers
- Bulletproof Hosting
- BlueAngelHost - Ignores DMCA requests, starts with 2,50€ a month, servers are based in Sofia.
- CyberHour - Rusian based host provider which allows Warez.
- FlokiNET - Designed for Whistleblower, ignores DMCA requests, starts with 2,99€ a month, servers are located in Bukarest, Reykjavik or Helsinki. Servers are known to be slow.
- Hostkey - Dedicated Servers & more.
- HostPlay - Russian based VPS, starting for 15,44€ a month.
- KnownSRV.com - They use offshore data centers in Romania, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
- NetEngi - Rent professional web hosting of high quality and cheap price with cPanel.
- Offshore Servers - Ignores DMCA requests, no name required for the registration, starting with 8,17€ a month. Servers are located in Moskow or Warschau.
- Inferno Solutions - VPS, Dedicated Server & more. Multiple server located around the world. Starts with 4,54€ a month.
- ProHoster - Provides a free domain, starts with 0,00€, multiple server locations, e.g. Moskow, New York, Amsterdam.
- RapidLeechHost.com - RapidLeechHost only allows warez linking on their offshore plans, using servers based in Netherlands.
- SharkServe - DDoS protection, Bitcoin & Co.
- SporeStack - Truly Hidden Hosting.
- Warez Hosting - Private & Anonymous VPS Hosting!
- WebCare360 - Powerful Offshore cpanel shared hosting provider.
- WRZHost.com - WrzHost specializes in allowing warez, and acts as a safe-haven for people wanting to start warez-related projects with anonymity. They offer shared hosting, Linux VPS’s and dedicated servers.
Proxy
:::caution
Why You Shouldn’t Use a Free Proxy - VpnMentor
Proxy Services Are Not Safe. Try These Alternatives - WIRED
HydraX.net ‘Google Drive Streaming Proxy’ Traffic Being Sent to ACE Anti-Piracy Coalition - TorrentFreak
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Reverse Proxies
Proxy Sites
Operating Systems
Linux
- Tails - Tails is a live operating system that you can start on almost any computer from a USB stick or a DVD.
- Qubes OS - Qubes OS is a security-oriented operating system.
- Fedora Workstation - Fedora Workstation is a secure, reliable, and user-friendly Linux distribution developed by the Fedora Project.
- kloak - Keystroke-level online anonymization kernel: obfuscates typing behavior at the device level.
- The practical linux hardening guide - This guide details the planning and the tools involved in creating a secure Linux production systems - work in progress project!
Windows
:::caution
"Don't use Windows 10 - It's a privacy nightmare" - Privacy tools
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Android
- ⭐ android-security-awesome - Android security resources
- Intra - Intra gives you safer, more open internet access.
- DNSFilter - No-root ad-blocker and DNS changer.
- Nebulo DNS - DNS Changer for DNS over HTTPS/TLS.
- Guardian Project, Divestos Apps, CookieJarApps or InviZible - Privacy Based Apps / Tools
- Authy, Aegis or andOTP - Two-factor authentication
- Island - App Isolation
- UntrackMe - Frontend Redirect / Link Unshorten / URL Cleanup
- Stealth - Privacy-Based Reddit Frontend
- XPrivacyLua or Xumi - Privacy Manager
- AppWarden or TrackerControl - Disable App Trackers
- Exodus - Android App Tracker & Permission Index / APK
- NetGuard - Block Internet Access Per App
- AFWall+ or NoRoot Firewall - Firewall
- SuperFreezZ - Freeze App Background Activities
- SnoopSnitch - Check Mobile Network Security
- FairEmail - Open Source, Privacy Oriented Email for Android / f-Droid
- Orbot - System wide tor for android
- Mull, DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser, BiscuitBrowser or Privacy Browser - Privacy-Focused Browser
- Barinsta - Privacy Based Instagram Client
- GrapheneOS - Privacy and security focused mobile OS
- Intra - System Wide DoH for Android
- AnySoftKeyboard or Florisboard - Incognito Keyboard
- Adgaurd VPN - Free VPN
- PowerTunnel - Proxy
- Access Dots - Camera / Mic Access Indicator
- CamWings - Camera Protection
- ScreenWings - Screen Protection
- Stingle Photos - Private Photo / Video Gallery
- Threema, Session, Status, Signal, ChatSecure, surespot or RetroShare - Encrypted Messaging
- Silence - Encrypt SMS/MMS Messages
- Wickr, MySudo, Jami, qTox, Tox or Element - Encrypted Messaging / Video Calls
- OVERSEC - Add Text / Image Encryption to any App
- DPITunnel - Bypass Deep Packet Inspection
- Greentooth - Automatic Bluetooth Disabler
- Private Lock - Lock your Phone via Movement
- Catch the Man-in-the-Middle - Check if HTTPS Traffic is being Monitored
SMS
Virtual Phone Numbers
- Burner - Rent a temporary phone number and give it out to whomever you want.
- Esendex.com.au - (
Registration required
) - Bulk SMS provider.
- Free Online Phone - Just use one of the numbers listed, then select one of the numbers and you can see the SMS that reach that number.
- FreePhoneNum - The service offers a very temporary number for verification or any other purpose.
- Freevirtualnumber.skycallbd - Receive Free SMS Online For Any SMS verification.
- GetFreeSMSNumber - Free Receive SMS Online.
- Getsms - (
RU
) - Russian service to get virtual SMS numbers.
- Google Voice - Navigate to Google Voice and register or select a phone number via fake account (works without phone number verification).
- Hs3x - Receive SMS Online For Free.
- MyTrashmobile - Receive text messages for online verifications as in WhatsApp or Facebook.
- Online SIM - (
RU
) - Russian paid service to send and get SMS.
- Proovl - Send and Receive SMS - As Easy As You'd Expect!
- Receive SMS Online - Virtual numbers from United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada and more.
- Receive SMS - Free service to verify your membership without giving out my own number.
- Receive-a-sms - Get your text messages through the internet with a free virtual phone number Stay anonymous with FREE phone verification, terms and conditions apply.
- Receive-sms-free - Receive SMS Online,Get SMS numbers Online, Temporary phone numbers, Disposable Mobile numbers, Get SMS Online, Virtual Phone Online, Receive Voice.
- Receive-sms-now) - (
RU
) - Russian and international numbers online.
- Receive-sms-online.com - Another free SMS provider.
- Receive-SMS - Webservice to vie SMS.
- Receive-smsonline - Free Receive SMS Online, does not work with Google phone verification!
- Receivefreesms.net - Receive SMS Online.
- ReceiveFreesms - Receive SMS Online For FREE. Get Free SMS here to Verify your Services and APP. Receive Free sms text Online Worldwide.
- ReceiveSMS - Receive Your SMS Online With Our Virtual Numbers For Free! Without Registration!
- Receivesmsonline.in - Get SMS online for free, it will not work with Google phone number verification!
- Receivesmsonline - A free service for receiving SMS messages and voice mails online. There is no need to register.
- Receivesmsverification - Receive SMS Online without register. You can receive SMS online for free. Receive bypass sms without registration, Verify whatsapp, LINE, any type of account.
- sms-online.co - Receive SMS Online for Free, will not work with Google number registration!
- Sms-receive - Receive SMS and voice mail online.
- SMS.INK -
RU
- Share SMS.
- Smsc - (
needs registration
) - Offers Russian and Ukrainian numbers.
- SMSFinder - SMS service located in USA, UK, France, Canada, Sweden.
- Smska - (
RU
) - Yet another free russian virtual number provider.
- Smsreceivefree - Temporary SMS and Disposable Numbers.
- SMSToolsOnline - Yet another free SMS service.
- Sonetel - Free and paid service for virtual sms numbers.
- Tempsms - (
RU
) - Keep spam out of your phone and stay safe - just use a free disposable temporary phone number!
- Zadarma - The Zadarma VoIP project enables you to setup your business telephone system without the heavy hardware and wiring expenses.
Data leaks
- ⭐ Have I been pwned? - Check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach.
- ⭐ GhostProject.fr - Free Database Lookup of Recent 1.4 billion password breach compilation, GhostProject allows you to Search by email or username.
- ⭐ Firefox Monitor - Have your accounts been leaked or stolen in a data breach? Find out at Firefox Monitor.
- I Got Phished - Collecting information regarding users that became victims of a phishing attack by entering their password on a phishing website.
- LeakCheck - Paid database engine to check if your eMail, online accounts have been compromised.
- Snusbase - Paid Database Search Engine to check for latest database breaches.
- Leak Lookup - Data Breach Search Engine
- leakpeek - Data Breach Search Engine
DNS
- Snopyta - Finland based non-profit DNS that doesn't keep.
- UncensoredDNS - An uncensored alternative to the internet providers filtered DNS servers.
- Digitale Gesellschaft - Another uncensored DNS servers.
- AppliedPrivacy - A privacy conscious DNS service.
- NixNet - Uncensored DNS that doesn't keep logs.
- DNSCrypt + Manager - A protocol to improve DNS security.
- Stubby - Stubby is the name given to a mode of using getdns which enables it to act as a local DNS Privacy stub resolver (using DNS-over-TLS).
- YogaDNS - YogaDNS automatically intercepts DNS requests at the system level and allows you to process them over user-defined DNS servers using modern protocols and flexible rules.
Cloud based
Social Media
- Fake-It 3.0 - Generate full fake identities with random Name, Address, SSN, Credit Card, Phone Number, and more!
- Fake Data - Fake data generator.
- Forget - Automatically deletes your old posts that everyone has forgotten about.
- Keybase - Keybase Extension Brings End-to-End Encrypted Chat To Twitter, Reddit & GitHub.
- Reddit PowerDeleteSuite - Delete old reddit posts.
- Nuke Reddit History - Firefox add-on - + Chrome extension
- Random AI generated profile pictures - Random AI generated profile pictures.
- ShadowCrypt - Chrome extension that brings encrypted messaging to Internet sites such as Reddit, Facebook or Twitter., it is a bit outdated but still works. (Keep in mind that this extension has a security hole which might reveal your encrypted messages).
- Social Amnesia - Deletes Twitter and Reddit content based on your terms.
- TweetDelete - Protect your privacy by automatically deleting posts older than a specified age from your Twitter feed.
- TweetEraser - Delete Twitter Posts in Bulk
- Framapiaf - Mastodon instance of Framasoft - A nonprofit organization focusing on free-software alorisation.
- Mamot - Mastodon instance of the La Quadrature du Net - A French advocacy group that promotes digital rights and freedoms of citizens.
- Mastodon - Mastodon is an open-source self-hosted, federated social media networking service.
- MeWe - Google+ replacement.
- Movim - Movim is a social network, based on XMPP, with Chat and chatrooms, news & communities features.
- Nitter - Nitter is a free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy.
- Pleroma - Host your own social media.
- social.privacytools.io - Mastodon instance by PrivacyTools, a volunteer-run privacy centered collective.
- Stream.io - Tries to combine all social networks into one place (currently beta).
- NextCloudTalk - Basically, Hangouts via NextCloud.
- Jitsi - Decrentralized chat, eMail platform.
- JMP.chat
- Whereby - Anoher video calling app focused on privacy and usability.
Payment
Anonymous Cryptocurrency Exchanges
- Binance - Hong Kong-based exchange.
- Changelly - (iOS app) - Cryptocurrency exchange service that allows for instant transfers from one cryptocurrency wallet to another across various cryptocurrencies.
- ShapeShift - (iOS App) - Claims to not collect any data!
- Tornado - (Beta!) - Audit but still in beta!
Domain Names
- Domainr - Domainr allows you to find domain names and short URLs. Instantly check availability and register for all top-level domains.
- xip.io - Magic domain name that provides wildcard DNS for any IP address.
- Namecheap - Namecheap accepts Bitcoin and offers domain registration, hosting, email, SSL certs, and a variety of other products.
- Njalla - Privacy-focused domain registration service based in Nevis.
- OrangeWebsite - Anonymous domain registration services and also accepts cryptocurrency payments, based in Iceland.
Secure PasteBin alternatives
Metadata cleaner
- mat2 - mat2 cleans metadata.
- CCleaner -
Bundleware
- Make sure CCLeaner is blocked via firewall
- It removes unused files from your system.
- Bleachbit - Unless CCleaner it works on all operating systems and is fully open source but comes with less "cleaning features".
- ExifTool - Most reliable photo exif cleaning tool.
- Exiv2 - Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command line utility to manage image metadata.
- ExifTool by Phil Harvey - Read, Write and Edit Meta Information!
- ExifTool GUI - Adds a GUI to ExifTool by Phil Harvey.
- Exif Purge - EXIF Purge is a small portable application to remove EXIF meta data from multiple images at once.